POLL: OBAMA TAKES LEAD IN TEXAS (up 6 points)

American Research Group ^

[libh8er]

Texas Primary Preferences

Democrats TX

Clinton 42% Obama 48% Someone else 3% Undecided 7%

Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama among self-described Democrats 47% to 42%. Obama leads Clinton among self-described independents and Republicans 24% to 71%. Obama leads among men 55% to 29% (47% of likely Democratic primary voters) and Clinton leads among women 54% to 42%. Clinton leads Obama among white voters 51% to 40% (53% of likely Democratic primary voters), Obama leads Clinton among African American voters 76% to 17% (22% of likely Democratic primary voters), and Clinton leads Obama among Latino voters 44% to 42%.

22% of likely Democratic primary voters say they would never vote for Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary and 20% of likely Democratic primary voters say they would never vote for Barack Obama in the primary. 30% of men say they would never vote for Clinton in the primary.

For details, click on the R or D for each state in the column on the left under 2008 Presidential Polls.

[Clemenza]

LOL. Ohioans love the west coast of Florida as much as New Yorkers love the east. I think it started when Ringling came down from Columbus to set up camp in Sarasota.

[goldstategop]

Hillary is TOAST!!!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Don't count on it. NEVER underestimate the KKKlintoons

That emperor is just about naked. They're not the force they were. It won't take much to tip her out of her seat now. She can't resist the pressure she'd get from press, advisors, delegates, etc., if Obama takes Texas. Or Ohio.
The system of superdelegates that they designed to prevent an unelectable candidate raised up by exuberance, will be her undoing. Because they don't have the guts to use that mechanism against a black candidate. That's all it is. If he were white, they'd trample him under their feet. Clinton, though, is just one candidate. One STALE unlikeable candidate.

[WillVoteForFood]

It is really something how bad Clinton's campaign advertising is. All this campaign money and the best they can come up with is an add with Hillary telling a crowd "Everyday I try to help somebody". Her message if you get to the crux of it is bad enough, but she doesn't even deliver her terrible message well.

As for Obama ads, his give him a great out for why he will not be able to implement his socialized medicine plan. His ad talks about how his great, undescribed plan will save the average person $2,500, but at the end he states "We can't fix healthcare until we fix Washington first." As he is part of screwed up Washington, the chances of it getting fixed are 0, thus his great, undescribed plan can't be implemented.

Terrible ads altogether, but Hillary's is the worst

[America-The-Great-1967]

Disagree, for many reasons Obama will be the easier candidate to beat in November. Not only do I believe that McCain will win, I think it will be a lopsided victory for him. Once people start contrasting the two, once Obama actually gives a position rather than a Pep Rally, once People see that of the two media darlings only McCain has positions and Obama rhetoric, you will see the full Brady effect take place. I expect that Obama will lead the polls thru the summer, then a gradual shift from mid September thru the November election. I think McCain scores at Minimum a 53-54% victory, takes all of the states Bush won in 2004 plus PA. I also think it is plausible for McCain to get very, very close in CA if not win the state outright. People will tire quickly on Obama and I think the enthusiasm will be replaced by buyer remorse sooner rather than later.

[gimme1ibertee]

That’s what Obama’s opponents are going to have to do, expose him.
They could start with that ridiculous $840-billion-dollar global poverty debacle that he’s pushing-and wholeheartedly supports. Scary stuff. This guy does NOT need to be in the WH..No more than Hitlery does.

[gimme1ibertee]

That’s what Obama’s opponents are going to have to do, expose him.
They could start with that ridiculous $840-billion-dollar global poverty debacle that he’s pushing-and wholeheartedly supports. Scary stuff. This guy does NOT need to be in the WH..No more than Hitlery does.

[isrul]

Can’t expose him. The mindless mob supporting him won’t hear. They’re beyond that. Then there’s the black support who will vote for a brutha (or half brutha) no matter what.

[Miss Didi]

McCain has a "gift" with this FISA bill...let's hope he starts blasting the Dems now.



RUSH: The Democrats once again bit the dust on the FISA bill yesterday, which contained a clause granting immunity to the telephone companies, telecommunications companies which provided data to the president for its warrantless wiretap searching program. Now, yesterday was an opportunity because of the Potomac primary, the vote was yesterday in the Senate, and we have three senators running for the presidency. We have Senator McCain, we have Senator Obama, and we have Senator Hillary. It would have been very easy for all three to take a couple minutes off the campaign, head over to Capitol Hill, cast your vote on the very serious issue of American security. Two of the three did so. Kudos to Senator McCain. He made sure he was there while fighting off this pesky challenge from Governor Huckabee. He voted to preserve the powers of the intelligence agency in the executive branch to defend and protect this country.

Also, hats off to Senator Obama. He showed up. He voted. He voted against it. In so doing, he demonstrated he is not fit to lead this country as commander-in-chief. He has voted against every reasonable authority that has come before him in the form of legislation in terms of intelligence and protecting this country. But at least Obama showed up. At least he voted. At least he told the country he's incompetent. Mrs. Clinton did not show up. And, remember, as my friend Andy McCarthy at National Review Online points out, Mrs. Clinton had a whole lot to say way back when about Obama's "present" votes in Illinois, correct? And here she doesn't even show up to vote on the intelligence bill yesterday, the FISA bill. It was a very important set of votes, perhaps as important a set of votes as there had been since she's been in the Senate. They involved issues that go to the core of her fitness to be president, and she decided she had better things to do than her job. She was in Texas, or at least en route to Texas to make a speech last night, in which she totally ignored what had happened in the Potomac primary, did not mention Obama, did not mention the vote, just ignored it. It didn't happen. Same way she dealt with the scandals inside the White House.

[libh8er]

I just saw two TX pols this morning showing Hillary up by 7

That's very significant. Just weeks before several polls and even Rasmussen's latest showed her leading by double digits in TX. If the polls now are showing her lead down to single digits, and even up as in this case, then there is definite movement going on toward Obama's direction !

[LiveFree99]

I got excited for a second then saw it was an ARG poll. Still, I bet Obama will be moving up soon.

[libh8er]

Doubt that very much. A significant part of Obama’s candidacy is based on anti Hillary sentiments within their own party. If he teamed up with the beast, he would instantly lose much of his credibility and a lot of the enthusiasm he is generating for “change”.

[pallis]

A loss for Hillary in Texas will mean a Hispanic/illegals pandering fest between McCain and Obama. ...Will Hillary be McCain’s VP after her campaign is over? Admit it. Deep down you have to wonder if it is possible. We may never get rid of Hillary.

[Grunthor]

In my estimation Hillary would be easier to beat, shouldn’t we get conservatives to cross over?

[HIDEK6]

Two possible nominees and they’re both socialists to the extreme.

But we're running a Crazy Person.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

We need Hillary to win TX, OH and PA. If that happens, they go to the convention tied. If Clinton then tries a strong arm takeover, the Obama people will riot. That’s what we should hope for.

[Jedidah]

Right now, it seems a Hillary vote is the best option, but I can be persuaded otherwise. I have a few weeks to ponder.

I agree with both of you re: Clintons in the White House. Gives me the creeps just thinking about it.

I want the least electable candidate facing McCain in November.

There’s a possibility that Obama, who is undoubtedly intelligent, might abandon his pie-in-the-sky rhetoric once he is in office, rising to the occasion. On the other hand, it’s not a chance I want to take.

[Grunthor]

“Would it be mean to say she already is? If it is mean, I won’t say it.”

Gov. Huckabee, is that you?

[lstanle]

"If Hillary loses Texas things will get really ugly really fast."

Heard Carl Rove say that the way Texas allocates delegates, very complicated, that Hillary would have to win Texas in Blowout fashion to gain very many delegates over Obama. This poll seems to indicate that she probably won't get that Blowout win. Let the gnashing of teeth begin.

[Irish Eyes]

.......I want the least electable candidate facing McCain in November....

We had better hope that hillary pulls this off or we are really in trouble this time. Obama is gathering people to him like a storm with a purpose.